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AFL-CIO leaders: Orlando attack aimed at Latinos too

June 14, 2016 By Special to People’s World

"This was more than just an attack on the LGBTQ community; the victims were overwhelmingly young and Latino."

Orlando: A hate crime against the gay community

June 13, 2016 By John Wojcik

This worst-ever mass shooting in American history was first and foremost a homophobic crime of hate against the nation's LGBTQIA community.

Report: Fatal crash wouldn’t have happened with proper backup

May 20, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions and workers have been campaigning for years to keep 2-person crews on all freight and passenger trains, citing safety reasons.

This week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR

April 26, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon

Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.

The Vietnam War and Agent Orange are millennials’ problem too

April 20, 2016 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Money alone won't reverse the human and ecological casualties Agent Orange has dealt, but financial reparations would be a step in dealing with a dark part of history.